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Does cable tv use satellite?

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Cable TV doesn't use Satellites. They are two different services. Cable TV is a digital service where you get the services by using a cable installed by your cable tv provider in your area. The Satellite TV is the strong competition of Cable TV. It needs a satellite dish and a satellite to receive digital-TV signals from the providers.
On the link provided, you will see the comparison of Satellite TV and Cable TV and why Satellite TV is the superior on both services.

EDIT: Cable-TV does use satellites - but only to bring in the signal from other countries. It's fed to distribution equipment, which sends it down the cable to individual homes. For example - I have cable-TV supplied by Virgin Media - they broadcast content from other countries supplied to them by satellites (eg. SKY 1 which is an American broadcaster), and they send it down a cable to my home. Snakester1962 (Supervisor)

First answer by Randextrifor. Last edit by Randextrifor. Contributor trust: 1 [recommend contributor ]. Question popularity: 1 [recommend question].

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